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See More Work: www. This interview was published by Circle Foundation of the Arts. Afternoon in Rome - Watercolor 28 x 20 in. It is always my aim to paint the expressive experience of my inspirations rather than any physical reality. Treehouses Without Trees - Watercolor 24 x 18 in. What themes does your work involve? Contrasts - exploring the realms that appear when two opposite energies meet on the surface of the paper.

I paint my personal experience of the landscapes that I can see around me, as well as what I see within. Dreams, memories, and elements of pure imagination are methods of "seeing" that are as valid as is real-world observation. Describe your creative process.

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I am motivated by contrasts - abstract clashes of opposite energies that I might perceive visually anywhere and everywhere I go. But contrasts emerge of course in observed visual reality, but no less so in literature, poetry, music, etc. Everything that is beautiful may not be conventionally "pretty", but it is the struggle for balance and harmony that most excite me.

What influences your work? What inspires you?